Deputy Headteacher

Salary: L20 – L24

Location: Rochdale, Lancashire

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Shortlisting: Wednesday 24th April 2024

Interviews: Monday 29th April 2024

Dear Applicant

We are delighted you have an interest in applying for a Deputy Headteacher post within the St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust. St Cuthbert’s presents an exciting opportunity for a first time or experienced Deputy Headteacher.

We seek a Deputy Headteacher who will assume responsibility for driving further improvement in pupil behaviour and attitudes, supported by our Headteacher and the resources of our Trust Central Team. Our vision places strong leadership at the heart of what we do and seeks to support colleagues in providing the very best for our pupils. The successful applicant will encounter a school full of focused and devoted fellow leaders, talented staff and pupils, all of whom wish to make lives better. They will be part of the wider Trust networks and central functions that will support them.

Our Trust currently consists of seven primary and three high schools; four further schools will join us over the summer and we will grow over the coming academic years. The Trust is part of the Salford Diocese and in September 2022, Bishop John Arnold confirmed that it is his intention that the Diocese work to implement a full MAT model by 2030. The new Deputy Headteacher of St Cuthbert’s will join the Trust at an exciting point in its development and can look forward to playing an important part in its continued success.

Our Trust aspires to serve, sustain and inspire our children and young people within our schools. Our vision is to be living faith communities, walking with Christ, to witness, serve and transform. Our communities model the life and teachings of Jesus. We aim to form children and young people, so they can achieve academic excellence and spiritual and moral growth. Given the challenges of the twenty first century, our responsibility is to ensure our next generation can transform society.

Whilst the children are at the heart of our Catholic mission, this cannot be achieved without investing in our staff. We are keen to employ a Deputy Headteacher who is committed to supporting and leading within a Catholic context so that young people leave us with the skills and talents needed to transform society for the common good. We love and value our children and young people and we do all we can to enable them to become successful, and we seek a like-minded leader to join our Trust who thinks and acts the same.

The children and young people in the St Teresa of Calcutta Trust need committed and passionate people to work with them so they and St Cuthbert’s can fulfil their potential. We hope this person could be you.

Please contact Neil Massie at Academicis on 01223 907979 or 07818 875514 or via email at nmassie@academicis.co.uk to have a confidential conversation and to find out more about this exciting opportunity. Applications should be made using the attached application form and sent directly to nmassie@academicis.co.uk no later than Monday 23rd April 2024.